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Ministry Of Fisheries And Aquatic Resources Development
The Ministry of Fisheries (Sinhala: ධීවර අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: கடற்றொழில் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for fisheries. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on fisheries and aquatic resources development and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Fisheries is Douglas Devananda. The ministry's secretary is K.D.S. Ruwanchandra.

Ministers

The Minister of Fisheries is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Fisheries
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
George E. de Silva 26 September 1947 1948 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries
C. Sittampalam Independent 1948 1948
G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 3 September 1948
19 June 1952 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Industries and Fisheries
22 October 1953 John Kotelawala
William de Silva Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 18 May 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959
W. Dahanayake
Philip Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna March 1965 Dudley Senanayake
George Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Fisheries
S. de S. Jayasinghe United National Party 26 September 1977 J. R. Jayewardene
Festus Perera United National Party 23 July 1977
M. Joseph Michael Perera United National Party 18 February 1989 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Research
Indika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 14 September 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
14 September 2001 Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries
Mahinda Wijesekara United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources
Felix Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Rajitha Senaratne 23 April 2010 Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
M. Joseph Michael Perera United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries
Mahinda Amaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 March 2015 Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development

Secretaries

Fisheries Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
A. Damitha N. de Zoysa 25 April 2010 Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Secretary
S. D. A. B. Borelessa 19 January 2015 Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary
W. M. M. R. Adikari 8 September 2015 Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary

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